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| history | the story of the successes and failures of the past that shape our world |
| how the Second Industrial Revolution changed life for people in the US | millions of people left their farms and began to work in manufacturing and mining |
| geography | the study of the physical and political features of the world |
| absolute location | using latitude and longitude to find an exact location |
| relative location | describing the location of a place by using the surrounding features |
| economics | the study of how economic decisions are made |
| the purpose of government | to make, enforce, and carry out laws and procedures |
| difference between a monarchy and a democracy | monarchy, one person holds the power, democracy citizens have the power |
| this shows the lasting influence of the Spanish and French in Louisiana | Louisiana's civel laws are based on french and Spanish laws |
| the legal system that influenced Louisiana's criminal law system | Common Law |
| the reason the concept of self-government was new to the people of Louisiana after 1803 | Louisiana was ruled by a king before 1803 |
| reason the Tenth Amendment is important to state governments | it says that all powers not given to the federal government are state powers |
| a system of checks and balances is important because | it prevents one branch of government from getting too powerful |
| natural resources | gifts of nature that can be used to produce goods and services |
| difference between a producer and a consumer | a producer makes a good, while a consumer buys a good |
| food, clothing, cars, houses | examples of 'goods' |
| the impact of supply and demand on price | a high demand and a low supply lead to a high price |
| characteristics of traditional economics | agricultural basis, bartering, customs |
| market economy differs from a command economy | producers and consumers are free to answer the four basic economic questions instead of just having the government decide |
| example of specialization | Louisiana exports soybeans |
| market | type of economy Louisiana developed that was based on sugar and cotton |
| agribusiness differs from farming in the past | fewer people are farming but production remains high |
| difference between biological and mineral resources | biological resources are renewable, mineral resources are nonrenewable |
| difference in latitude and longitude | latitude measures distance north and south of the Equator, longitude measures distance east and west of the Prime Meridian |
| standar time zone maps were created | to establish a shared understanding of time between countries |
| purpose of the International Date Line | to mark where one day turns into another |
| two things that create the borders of Louisiana | water ways and latitude and longitude |
| navigable rivers are important because | they are safe for boat travel, which makes trade and transportation easier |
| difference between climate and weather | climate is the average weather over a long period of time weather is the current condition of the atmosphere on any given day |
| industrial revolution | a shift of an economy from an agricultural base to a dependence on manufacturing |
| the Second Industrial Revolution began | at the end of the Civil War |
| reason Mark Twain called the era from the 1870s to the 1890s the Gilded Age | wealthy big businesses hid the problems that the middle and lower classes faced |
| Exodusters | formerly enslaved people that left southrn states fr a new life in the US |
| life in the rural Deep South | people lived in small homes without plumbing or electricity |
| system of sharecropping | land owners divided their property into farms and a laborer worked on his part |
| debt peonage | a cycle of poverty that was dificult to escape |
| western lore impacted the Native Americans of the Great Plains | the herds of bison were exterminated, which led to starvation for the Native Americans |
| a result of the battle of the hundred Slain | the US Army sent more troops and greater weapons to fight the Native Americans |
| the importance of Battle of Little Bighorn | it was a short-lived victory for the Sioux |
| importance of Wounded Knee Massacre | it served as a rallying cry for Native Americans rights and justice |
| example of imperialism | the United Kingdom controlled land across Asia and Africa |
| known as 'Seward's Folly' | the purchase of Alaska |
| reason the US annexed Hawaii | it was a matter of national security |
| the Cubans | the side the US supported during the Spanish-American War |
| yellow journalism | newspapers sensationalized and exaggerated stories |
| industries that helped boost Louisiana's economy in the early 1900s | sugar and cotton |
| example of how imperialism led to WWI | European countries were competing to control African land and resources |
| militarism | the investment in a strong, organized and heavily armed military |
| alliances | the creation of connections of countries by treaty |
| two major alliances before WWI | Triple Entente and Triple Alliance |
